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My Favorite Gentleman

Chapter 9: Friends

Chad gulped loudly as both of them stood in front of the big wooden doors. There they were, in front of Chad's past to try to figure out everything. Many people, tourists mainly, walked past them, pointing at the old big mansion that was now the Cooper Household Museum. It looked just like the last time he had seen it. It was a brick made house, its style was gothic and the windows had dark red curtains. It was surrounded by well kept bushes and old trees. It was almost as if he was back in his time with the difference of the people surrounding them and Sonny by his side. He stared intently at the mansion. So this was it, the first clue to find about his past and the supposed murderers of Colin's death and his own. He frowned. He couldn't still accept that he was murdered. Who could want all the Cooper heirs dead?

Sonny grabbed his hand and squeezed it to encourage him. He looked at her and smiled to her sweet gesture. He would need courage if he might find things he didn't want to know. "Here we go" He murmured while he didn't let her hand go. They joined a group for the next tour around the house.

A woman with a red and black uniform stood in front of the group. She had dark black hair and brown eyes. She was probably around 40 years old. "Please, we are going to begin the tour immediately, stay together" She frowned to Sonny and Chad who were walking slowly towards the group. "Welcome to the Cooper Household Museum" She greeted and walked them to the entrance of the big mansion.

Everyone was looking around in awe, even Sonny but Chad remained with a boring posture which irritated the woman. "This mansion was created in 1767 as a newlywed house for Sir Charles Cooper and his wife" The woman continued "They had three children" Chad snorted at the word children, he wasn't a child. Sonny elbowed him hard on the ribs when the woman glared at them.' Ouch' he mouthed to Sonny but she only rolled her eyes "The eldest was Anne, followed by Colin and lastly Chadford" She pronounced his name with distaste.

Now it was Sonny's time to snort at his name. Chadford, it sounded so funny. "Heard it? She even hates you without knowing" Sonny whispered at him. Chad chuckled. He put his fingers on his lips to shush her but both of them were fighting hard not to laugh at the woman's uncomfortable expression.

"Now" The woman drawled, keeping an eye on them "We will go inside, follow me please" She said bitterly. She turned around and made a hand motion to follow her.

"She isn't very nice" Sonny mumbled with a smile.

Chad chuckled "Indeed, come on we are being left behind!" He grabbed Sonny's hand and dragged her running. They reached the group, laughing softly as they glanced at them weirdly. "We are acting like loons" He mumbled with a British accent unknowingly making Sonny snort. "I do not sound hilarious!" He whispered with a smile on his face so Sonny could be the only one that heard it. She bit her cheeks to refrain from laughing out loud. Chad smiled widely.

The woman kept speaking "As you see, this house remains just as it was 200 hundred years ago" She pointed to the rooms. "The furniture keeps intact however there have been some slight changes after the Cooper mansion was in hands of the eldest daughter and her husband since the brothers died" This finally caught Chad's attention. "Now follow me please" She woman drawled. The group followed her to a room which Chad recognized it as the living room.

The woman pointed at some portraits, and there was one of Chad at probably fifteen years old. He looked younger and more innocent instead of the common smirk he was wearing most of the time and that had become part of his main characteristics. Sonny tilted her head slightly to get a better look at the portrait.

Chad was a nice boy but three more years had certainly done him good as his features looked a bit more sharp and mature. Also more manly as she stole a glance at him from the corner of her eye. Some girls sighed at Chad's portrait and another portrait of someone similar to Chad but instead his hair was brown and his eyes a darker blue and he looked older, but he shared the same features. It had to be Colin.

Some girls were pointing at both portraits and sighing. Sonny rolled her eyes but thanked heavens that Chad was wearing sunglasses and his hair was a little messed up so he didn't look so much as the portrait otherwise he would call the attention. Because of the resemblance to the portrait of course, not because he was a natural born charmer or anything like that.

"In the first portrait you can see at the oldest brother Cooper whose name was Colin. He was a very sought man as he was very virtuous in arts, politics and sports like any gentleman of that time. He was supposed to be the heir when his father died but unfortunately Colin died first by drowning"

Chad winced.

"Next you can see his younger brother Chadford Dylan Cooper" Sonny heard some girls swoon and by the corner of her eyes Chad was smirking. She elbowed him in the ribs making him glare at her "He was the youngest sibling and he was known for being an irresponsible young man, womanizer and a shame to the family name"

Chad frowned and pressed his lips in a tight line. What in the world was this woman saying?

"I'm not a womanizer" Chad mumbled, pouting like a child.

Sonny giggled "Are you sure? Because you have told me you like to use your charm with the girls" She smiled as woman kept speaking.

"Aha! So you admit I have charm uh?" Chad smiled smugly looking at Sonny who was next to him. He draped an arm around her shoulders but she shrugged it off.

"I don't!" She hissed

"Keep telling yourself that" Chad smirked as the tour of the house continued. Sonny stuck out her tongue childish at him. He rolled his eyes "Very mature Sonny"

She wrinkled her nose in a way that Chad liked to think it was cute "At least I'm more mature than you Cooper"

Chad gasped "You just did not go in there" Sonny smiled smug at him and walked past him, her shoulder hitting his arm.

"But I did" She whispered.

Chad raised his eyebrows and followed Sonny as the tour continued. He draped his arm loosely around her and leaned to whisper in her ear "Watch your words pretty girl"

Sonny turned around and met his blue eyes. For an instant she felt hypnotized, they were so blue, sapphire like. She blushed "So you think I'm pretty uh?" She asked wittily, imitating him about his charm comment earlier on.

Chad's arm hugged her tighter. "Maybe" He chuckled. "Anyway, this tour is truly boring me, I don't find anything interesting or that might be of my concern" He rolled his eyes at the woman. Everything that the woman was saying he already knew it was general history of his family. He had heard his father tell him the exact same story over and over again.

Sonny bit her bottom lip "I guess you're right but we can't just leave now, that would be downright rude besides, that woman already hates us for laughing while she tours" She frowned "You'll just have to wait until the tour ends to leave"

Chad nodded "You're right" When they were about to enter another room he grabbed Sonny's arm and dragged her to the room next door which was closed.

"What the—"Chad muffled Sonny's voice with his hand on her mouth as he closed the door behind them. Her brown eyes were wide open as she tried to talk with her voice muffled. Chad chuckled and put his free hand next to her head, pressing the door.

"If you stopped talking, I might consider taking my beautiful hand off your mouth" Chad smirked. Sonny just frowned and the next thing Chad knew, or rather felt, was that his hand was… well, wet. His eyes widened and he could swear that he could see through his hand that she was smirking. "Did you…" He looked down at his feet and back at her "Did you just lick my hand?" He mumbled.

Sonny's giggle was enough for him as he instantly jumped back as if something had burnt him. He immediately wiped of his hands in his pants. "Agh, disgusting!" He jumped frantic while wiping his hand "This is disgusting" He whined. Chad's face was hilarious. His nose was wrinkled and he kept sticking out his tongue in disgust. Now he kept whining that not only his was disgusting now but his pants too.

"Stop whining like a baby, now why did you bring us in here? Don't you realize that we could get into trouble if they find us?"

Chad rolled his eyes "Don't worry, I just want to show you something" He smiled warmly. The room they were in was small. It had one small bed, a large couch and two big portraits. There were many boxes around as it seemed they used this room as a storage room. "Watch" He kneeled down on the hard wood floor and moved a night table.

What was he doing? Sonny just stood behind him watching the door as if any moment someone could come in. She looked back at Chad and her eyes widened when she saw he was taking out of a small little box from a loose floorboard. "What is that?"

Chad put the floorboard back and stood up with the box in hand "Just a little something I had bet it would still be here" He smiled. "Before my brother passed away, he told me the location of this" He lifted the box for Sonny to see it "It was my mom's" Chad slowly opened the small velvet red box and took out a gold necklace that had a small star charm.

Sonny's eyes widened and she felt her heart beat faster. What was he doing? Was he going to give her that necklace? Why so? His fingers took out the golden chain and he placed the box in his pocket.

"I want you to have it"

"Why me?"

Chad sighed "Because, I can't imagine giving it to another girl or woman that isn't you" He stepped closer to her, tucking a curl behind her "Besides, you are like a star Sonny, you shine" He smiled warmly while Sonny leaned down her head slightly. Her eyes meeting his chest. "You have been a really good friend to me, helping me to find out why am I here"

"But we weren't supposed to be friends Chad" She whispered "You will leave, I will stay, we are from different times and worlds and a friendship is—"

"A friendship is what we have Sonny, we like it or not" He put a finger under her chin, making her look straight in his blue eyes "Darling, I don't care I'm from another time, It doesn't matter. My heart beats the same as yours and time can't stop our relationship to flourish, you are my friend and not even time can change that" Chad said, his piercing blue eyes staring back at her brown eyes. "You are my friend Sonny" He smiled, liking the sound of that sentence rolling of his tongue.

Sonny nodded, placing her hands on his shoulders "You're right" She sighed. She placed her head on his chest while his hands wrapped around her waist. She wanted to say much more, she wanted to say how scared she was now. Because now that they officially said they were friends and that they had those feelings for each other there was a big chance that other feelings might get involved and she didn't want that. Mainly, she didn't want heartbreak feelings.

Chad chuckled "I'm always right" He added cockily to enlighten the humor. "Now, shall I put this necklace on you?"

Sonny stepped back from his embrace and the cold air making her shiver. "You may" She smiled

And just the instant after Chad successfully put the necklace on Sonny, the door opened.

"What are you doing in here?" A big man asked.

"Oh Dash"

"Oh Crap"

Like it? Hate it? Btw, Dash is like damn in that century (I'm not making it up!)

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Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year :D

- Emily